Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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